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1. India is about 1/3 the size of the United States, yet it is the second most populous country in the world, with a population of 1,166,079,217. India is the seventh largest country in the world, at 1.27 million square miles. 2. India is the largest democracy in the world. 3. The Kumbh Mela (or Grand Pitcher Festival) is a huge Hindu religious festival that takes place in India every 12 years. In 2001, 60 million people attended, breaking the record for the world’s biggest gathering. The mass of people was photographed from space by a satellite. 4. Many Indians find toilet paper repellent and consider it cleaner to splash water with the left hand in the appropriate direction. Consequently, the left hand is considered unclean and is never used for eating. 5. To avoid polluting the elements (fire, earth, water, air), followers of Zoroastrianism in India don’t bury their dead, but instead leave bodies in buildings called “ Towers of Silence ” for the vultures to pick cl...

Ø   India never invaded any country in her last 100000 years of history. Ø   When many cultures were only nomadic forest dwellers over 5000 years ago, Indians established Harappan culture in Sindhu Valley (Indus Valley Civilization) Ø   The name 'India' is derived from the River Indus , the valleys around which were the home of the early settlers. The Aryan worshippers referred to the river Indus as the Sindhu. Ø   The Persian invaders converted it into Hindu. The name ' Hindustan ' combines Sindhu and Hindu and thus refers to the land of the Hindus. Ø   Chess was invented in India. Ø   Algebra, Trigonometry and Calculus are studies, which originated in India. Ø   The ' Place Value System ' and the 'Decimal System' were developed in India in 100 B.C. Ø   The World's First Granite Temple is the Brihadeswara Temple at Tanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The shikhara of the temple is made from a single 80-tonne piece of granite. This magnificent ...